Mode of attaching harwess-bkeeching to wagon-thills



A. PARKER. Attaching Harness to Shafts.

No. 23,854 Patented May 3,1859

" N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITMOGRAFKER. WASHINGTW- onir sra'rss AARON PARKER,Ola COVENTRY, NEXV YORK.

MODE 0F ATTACI-IING HARNESS-BREECHING 'IO WAGON-TI-IILLS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 28,854, dated May 8, 1859.

T 0 all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON PARKER, of Coventry, in the county of Chenangoand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode ofAttaching Harness- Breeching to l Vagon-Thills; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a safe fastening of thehold back strap to the thills and also to become a selfunfastener whenanything may break or the tugs be unhitched, thereby preventing many ofthe accidents that may occur in the usual way of making the hold backstrap fast to the thills.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

In Figures 1 and 2 (A,) represents a spring snap, made of metal, to beattached to the thills of a vehicle, by screws or rivets,

through the plates (B, B.) Metallic rings (C, 0,) are secured to thehold-back straps of the harness, which are easily hitched up, by passingunder the spring (A,) and will readily pass out of their own accord,when the traces or draw-straps are unhitched. Thus it will be seen, thatmuch time and trouble is saved in harnessing and unharnessing and lessdanger from accidents, by the hold-back being readily relieved, shouldany part of the harness break.

Having thus described my discovery what I claim as useful and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The mode of attaching hold-back straps to thills of vehicles, by havinga metal ring to slide under a spring snap, in such manner that it willunfasten of itself, when the traces are unhitched,as set forth.

AARON PARKER.

lVitnesses Ron'r. l lonRELL, RAN soar MAcDoNALD.

